Tuesday in Denver began with a huge bout of sleeping in. (We had been through a lot during our first day as journalists, you know?) When the morning, er, mid-morning sun became too much for my sleepiness to handle, I arose to the sounds of a busy downtown Denver, a percolating coffee pot and a few birds.
Apparently, I looked like this:
Aren't you jealous of the person who gets to wake up next to me? Rowr.
After a few rounds of scrubbing and intricate tricks with my hair dryer to lay my bangs just so, Tony and I headed back towards Civic Center Park to see what trouble we could observe.
In the meantime, I remembered exactly how much I dislike Ayn Rand:
And exactly how much I love local record stores and the Ramones:
Civic Center Park was much calmer today, apparently it was "green day" so there were a bunch of stoners milling about. There was also a parade confined to the park grounds of some beautiful floaty characters all aimed at world peace and non-discrimination (video of which will be here soon). I certainly met some interesting, albeit non-papier-mâchéd, characters as well.
These guys were nice. The guy on the right really wasn't so mean looking. He was hamming for the camera.
This is the Best. Mullet. Ever.
Tony and I then hopped over to the 16th Street Mall, where, being on the anniversary of women getting the right to vote, it was apparently Dead Baby Day. (Yes, I know that was crass, but seeing so many pictures of aborted fetuses has really numbed my ability to be anything but). All sorts of women and the like were milling about.
Amy Goodman was speaking at the downtown Sheraton, amidst the throngs of dissenters and yay-sayers. The Code Pink Ladies were there to keep the peace.
Right on, sister.
As elipses!!!
A Note: I deleted all of the dead baby pictures. Words are words and can carry a punch, but the pictures are just flat out disgusting.
Moving on....
To all of those people who are afraid that Obama is too "socialist." I think this convention is about as capitalistic as they come...until next week, that is. Heh.
Taking a break from the madness.
We reached the top!
How big was that vadge, Tony?
We hit this bridge as we were headed to the Sustainable Living Roadshow. Again, I have video of this, so the still pics end here...
Thus spake Megathustra
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